Kisii lands registry has been closed for a period of two weeks to give room for digitalisation of the files in the registry for easy retrieval.
Speaking on Friday evening when he paid courtesy call to Kisii Governor James Ongwae, Information and Communication Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i said the move was meant to improve service in the lands registry that has been in a bad state for a number of years.
“We have closed the lands registry for 2 weeks to enable transition from analogue to digital take place. The registry has been is a deteriorating state for 50 years now, and therefore digitalising the filing system will improve service and minimize corruption cases,” said Matiang’i, who is the acting Lands CS.
The cabinet secretary noted that the national and county governments are spearheading the reorganisation of the lands registry to curb challenges, including congestion in the lands office and delay in service delivery.
The lands sector has always been ranked one of the most corrupt sectors in Kenya on corruption and poor service delivery allegations.
On his side, Governor James Ongwae said they will incorporate ICT students from Kisii University to help them in digitalisation process of the files in lands registry.
“I welcome the move to transform the lands registry in Kisii and I assure the national government that my government supports the digitalisation of the department to see the sector changing for good. We will go for Kisii University students enrolling for ICT so that they can assist us in the process,” said Ongwae.